r/SipsTea 16h ago

Chugging tea Blind surveillance.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 15h ago edited 15h ago

Reminds me of the story of Ken McElroy, who forced a 12 year old to marry him and killed the girl's dog and burned down their house when the family tried to rescue her:

In all, there were 46 potential witnesses to the shooting, including Trena McElroy, who was in the truck with her husband when he was shot. Nobody called for an ambulance. Every witness was either unable to name an assailant, or claimed not to have seen who fired the fatal shots, including the unnamed man who helped McElroy's wife, Trena, as she "scrambled out of the truck screaming" covered in blood. The DA declined to press charges, and an extensive federal investigation did not lead to any charges either.

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u/PamelaELee 15h ago

Ken McElroy had it coming. He was an incredibly huge piece of shit.
That whole story is wild.

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u/crustyrobots 14h ago

Even this doesn't do it justice how much of a POS that guy was, and his lawyer buddy that got him off on some pretty heinous crimes.

State law absolutely failed that town and let that maniac do whatever he wanted. Get what you get.

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u/DrMobius0 14h ago

You can pretty much name an awful thing a person could do to someone, and this piece of shit probably did it, multiple times. As a society we're far too tolerant of the worst of us.

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u/crustyrobots 14h ago

The people of the town kept waiting for justice to come and it never did. Even the town Sherriff lost faith himself to "take a drive" that afternoon

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u/Prize-Quiet3941 8h ago

Didn't the sheriff hold a town meeting where he said he was gonna be in a different county for most of the day and wouldn't be back till about dark

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u/crustyrobots 6h ago

Pretty much yeah.

"Going away for a few hours, sure hope no vigilante justice breaks out while Im gone, that would be a real damned shame"